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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT

1115 PM MST MON MAR 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MONTANA



* UNTIL 515 AM MST



* AT 1110 PM MST(1206 AM CST)...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED   

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND DUE TO SNOWMELT WAS 

  CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. US 2 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM       

  BAINVILLE TO THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE LINE. 



CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF MANY 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

COULEES...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4855 10494 4817 10495 4810 10411 4838 10412

          4839 10466



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